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News & Updates
May 5, 2008
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Apparently, Dom's part in the movie is larger than what people were estimating. There is speculation he may even be Wolverine's side-kick in the movie. As for his name, originally he was called 'Beak', but due to some copyright issues he has been renamed! The new name is either Blackwing or Blackpool. It's advisable to take this with a grain of salt, of course, until we get confirmation from more official sources. But it's still a tidbit worth speculating on. It's too bad they're not going with the name Beak, but if the news is true, it does seem that the character Monaghan will be playing is Barnell Bohusk. Here's hoping he's not a completely bastardized version of the comic book character we all know and love. April 16, 2008
NEW WARRIORS #14Written by KEVIN GREVIOUX Penciled by KOI TURNBULL Cover by NIC KLEIN The first chapter of a two-part SECRET INVASION story! Skrulls. Shape-changing aliens who have invaded Earth. Impersonating and replacing your friends and family. Maybe even taking the place of a brother. When an army of Skrulls arrives in Manhattan, Donyell Taylor asks: Was the Night Thrasher who died in Stamford, Connecticut really his brother? Or could it have been a Skrull? Desperate to find out if his brother is alive, Donyell rushes off to investigate. Little does he know, some familiar faces might be launching an investigation of their own. One that puts them on a collision course with their former teammate. From the pages of AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE, enter: Counter Force! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99 April 12, 2008
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NEW WARRIORS #13Written by KEVIN GREVIOUX Penciled by PACO MEDINA Cover by NIC KLEIN "THRASHED" Conclusion! Night Thrasher. He's vanished during the heat of battle. Disappeared while the rest of the team is training. And now he's left members of his team trapped in the lair of a super-villain who's way out their league. And Jubilee is fed up with it. But is she willing to walk out on Night Thrasher when her teammates' lives are at stake? 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99 March 17, 2008
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Beak! In the Wolverine movie! And played by an actor I like! I don't care if it's a two-second cameo (though Monaghan is fairly well-known so I would hope it's at least a speaking cameo), it would still make me giddy with glee. Plus Monaghan's got a potato nose. That's not exactly the same as Beak's schnoz, but I'll take what I can get. If this is true, then I hope the guys behind Wolverine do the character justice. I'm not entirely sure what form he'll be taking. His pre-Decimation look would be hard to pull off without using a buttload of CGI, so my guess is he'll be an average-looking schmoe like he was post-Decimation, but able to transform into his pre-Decimation avian appearance. I hope they give him a baseball bat. I hope they give him an accent. But most of all, I hope they get his personality right. UPDATE: Variety is reporting the same thing. Here's a snippet from the article: Monaghan will play Barnell, a mysterious character from Wolverine's past who has the ability to manipulate energy and electricity. That... sounds nothing like Beak. Could the reports have been mistaken about Beak being the character Monaghan plays? Or did they completely redo Barnell to make him a more powerful mutant? I'm not sure which I'd prefer. On one hand, it would be cool to have any incarnation of Beak on the silver screen. On the other hand, a Beak who's not bird-like (and the Variety article made no mention of his unusual physiology) might as well not be Beak at all. Watch this space for more news as it turns up. 
February 20, 2008
NEW WARRIORS #12 Written by KEVIN GREVIOUX Penciled by PACO MEDINA Cover by NIC KLEIN "THRASHED" Part 4 When Night Thrasher offered them the opportunity to become super heroes once more, they leapt at the chance. They placed their trust in him. Even when one of their own fell at the hands of the Zodiac, they trusted him. And this is where that trust has led them: Powerless. Beaten. Running scared, trapped in the lair of a super-villain who's out of their league. And the only man who can save them is Night Thrasher. But if he forsakes their trust this time, it's their lives. 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99 January 29, 2008
Financed and assembled by a new Night Thrasher, aka Donyell Taylor, brother of the original, former X-Men and Xavier Institute students Jubilee, aka Wondra, Chamber, aka Decibel, Beak, aka Blackwing and Angel, aka Tempest, rank as the group's strongest members. The article also has a 4-page preview of New Warriors #9. Below are the pages that feature Blackwing. 
January 23, 2008
NEW WARRIORS #11Written by KEVIN GREVIOUX Penciled by PACO MEDINA Cover by NIC KLEIN Would you trust a man who puts you in harm's way? Someone who throws you into the path of a maniac for what he claims is the greater good? The New Warriors are becoming increasingly suspicious of their leader. When Night Thrasher pits the team against a super-villain who's out of their league, the Warriors are left to wonder: What could possibly be worth their lives? 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99 January 20, 2008
January 19, 2008
Stretchy, skintight manpris. Now, I can excuse a hell of a lot. I can suspend my disbelief a long way if it means getting my monthly Beak fix. Beak's gotten all studly because his body slowly devolved from its bird-like appearance even after he lost his mutation? Sure, why not? Stranger things have happened. He and Angel are now loving and affectionate? Well, they were both pretty broken up after he got recruited into the Exiles, and absence does make the heart grow fonder. I can buy it. But I will never, ever in a million years believe that Beak would willingly get into a pair of stretchy manpris. I can fanwank the changes in his looks and personality between Decimation and his first appearance in New Warriors. But this... I just... no. Straight edge, hardcore punk rockers do not wear stretchy manpris. It boggles the mind. And burns my eyeballs. So for the sake of my own sanity, I'm begging the powers at Marvel never to put Barnell in these things again. Stick to pants, please. By which I mean regular pants. Nothing that puts Beak's junk on such obvious display. Think of his children. No kid wants to see that much of their father. I will say that I like how his ass looks in it. But you can achieve that effect with a good pair of jeans. There's no need to resort to Lycra spandex. Those things are nobody's friends. January 5, 2008
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